Practice Nurse

St James Surgery in Clacton has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced practice nurse  to join our team on a full-time basis, based at our Wash Lane surgery. 

The main responsibilities of the role include:

• Undertaking health assessments, administering medication and treatments, and performing diagnostic tests.
• Providing and evaluating a range of health interventions to ensure that patients’ health and social care needs are met.
• General health and well-being promotion as well as creating individual, person-centred plans for patients with, or at risk of, a long term condition.
• Managing and treating long-term conditions, in line with national and local policies and the practice needs.
• Reviewing medication for therapeutic effectiveness, in accordance with evidence-based practice as well as national and practice protocols; working with patients to support their adherence to prescribed treatments.
• Prioritising health problems and intervening appropriately, to assist the patient in complex, urgent or emergency situations, including initiation of effective emergency care.
• Implementing, and participating in, vaccination and immunisation programmes for both adults and children, including patients travelling abroad.
  
  
  

• A relevant nursing degree.
• Current NMC registration with an active PIN.
• Practice experience is preferred but not essential as full-training will be given. 
• Evidence of clinical skills and experience in treatment room consultation, phlebotomy, ECG recording, screening, management of long-term conditions is desirable. 
• Compassionate manner with an empathetic approach and demonstrable kindness in all aspects of your work. 
• Knowledge, and experience of its application, in supporting long-term conditions.
• Insight and understanding of current issues in nursing and the wider NHS.
  
  

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

Please note this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.